white as a sheet
Meaning: extremely pale; shocked or frightened.
Language: English
Literally: white as a sheet
Category: Body & Senses
Origin: Sheet's pristine whiteness compared to fearful person's loss of color.
More idioms — Body & Senses
- sharp as a tack — intelligent; quick-witted; keen-minded.
- pull someone's leg — To joke or tease someone by telling them something untrue.
- Avoir la gueule de bois — To be hungover.
- To turn a blind eye — To deliberately ignore something you know is wrong.
- To bite the bullet — To face something painful with gritted courage.
- Hablar por los codos — To talk nonstop.
More English idioms
- go pear-shaped — to go wrong; to develop badly; to become misshapen.
- hard pill to swallow — difficult to accept; unpleasant truth or reality.
- be on cloud nine — to be extremely happy; in a state of bliss.
- get a kick out of something — to enjoy something greatly; to find something amusing.
- run it up the flagpole — to test an idea; to present something for approval or feedback.
- knock on wood — to seek good fortune; to ward off bad luck.
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